Shoreline Parks Board plants tree in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Shoreline City staff and Parks Board pose with the
newly planted tree
Photo by Sydney Beier

On Martin Luther King Jr.'s Day, January 19, 2015, the City of Shoreline Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services (Park) Board planted a tree in Paramount School Park in honor of Dr. King.

The Park Board also serves as the Tree Board for the community. Board members Chairman Katie Beth, Al Wagar, Betsy Robertson, John Hoey, Christine Southwick, Garry Lingerfelt, and Lauren Smith joined City Manager Debbie Tarry, retiring Parks Director Dick Deal, and his replacement Eric Friedli in planting a Golden Pin Oak tree in the park.

Admiring the finished work
Photo by Sydney Beier

Dick is retiring at the end of this month and Eric will begin serving Shoreline as Parks Director on February 2nd.

The Park Board has committed a lot of time in the past two years to tree related issues with several public meetings leading up to the May 2014 adoption of the Urban Forest Strategic Plan and the December 2014 adoption of a new and improved Street Tree list.